Toy cash-register.



D. HEYMAN.

TOY CASH REGISTER.

wvucmou FILED DEC. \1. 1914.

Patented June 1, 1915.

Inventor: Mm'Vl yW it). Atty DAVID HEYMAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

TOY CASH-REGISTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 1, 1915.

Application filed December 17, 1914. Serial No. 877,691.

To all whom it m (17 concern Be it known that 1, DAVID HEYMAN, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at New York city, in the county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toy Cash- Registers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to toy cash registers.

The object of the invention is to provide a simply constructed toy, of neat appearance,-

closely simulating the appearance of the operative full sized cash registers at present employed.

A preferred embodiment of the invention is illustratively exemplified in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a front elevational view of the device; Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view thereof on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional view on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawing by reference characters, 10 denotes generally the casing of the register, this casing closely resembling in shape that of a full sized cash register.

Traversing the lower part of the casing is a rock plate 11 capable of rocking on pivots 12 which project from the sides of said plate and enter orifices 12 in the opposite sides of the casing 10. The rock plate carries a pair of depending stops or abutments 13 which are adapted to normally retain the cash drawer 14 within the casing 10. The cash drawer is slidable on the base of the casing 10 and is adapted to be moved out of the casing by a pair of coiled springs 15, having their ends attached respectivel to the rear of the drawer 14 and to the fi'ont wall of the casing 10. The front Wall of the drawer is of sufficient width (Fig. 2) to overlap the edges of an aperture 16 in the front wall of the casing 10 through which the drawer may be protracted by the springs 15.

Secured within the casing 10 and depend-- ing from the top wall thereof is a substantially triangular bracket comprising the vertical wall 17, the horizontal wall 18 and a vertical upwardly directed flange or ledge 17. The horizontal wall 18, immediately adjacent the wall 17 is slotted to receive the indicating bars each of whichcomprises the elongated substantially vertical member 19 and the hook shaped lower end 20 designed to take under the rear edge of the rocking plate 11. Each indicating plate is provided near its upper end with a suitable number 21 corresponding to the value of a coin inserted in the cash drawer and adapted to be indicated by such indicating plate. The indi eating plates are movable through openings 22 formed in the upper curved wall of the casing 10.

Supported by the flange 17 is a series of keys or levers 23 having numbers thereon corresponding with the numbers on the indicating plates 19. Each of the keys 23 has a depending forked portion 24 which straddles the flange 17", and a rearwardly extending arm which passes through a slot 26 in the indicating plates 17, and a slot 27 in the wall 17 of the bracket. The front portion of the upper curved wall of the casing 10 is also provided with a series of elongated slots 28 in each one of which one of the keys 23 may be reciprocated.

The rocking plate 11 is normally kept in substantially horizontal position by a spring 29, one end of said spring being held in a socket 29 on the plate 11, and the other end of the spring impinging against the under face of the wall 18.

In the drawing the toy cash register is shown as comprising five keys 23 and as many indicating plates. Ordinarily the device will contain this number of keys and plates, but it is to be understood that I may use a greater or less number of keys and plates if found desirable. The device is adapted to receive coins of different denomination, the keys respectively bearing the numbers which correspond to the denominations of the coins to be received, and the in dicating plates which are apportioned to the keys also being provided with numbers corresponding to such keys.

The operation of the invention will be understood from the following description: Let it be assumed that a twenty-five cent piece is to be inserted in the cash drawer 14. The right hand key, bearing the notation 25, will be depressed causing it to oscillate about the flange 19 and assume the position indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2. As a result of this movement, the rearwardly extending arm 25 will raise the corresponding indicating plate 19 so that its lower hooked end 20 will be moved upwardly to cant the plate 11 into the dotted position, thus moving the stops 13 out of the path of the rear wall of the drawer 14. and permitting the springs 15 to pull the drawer outwardly into the dotted position indicated. By raising the late 17, its upper portion projects beyond the upper wall of the casing, disclosing a number which indicates the value of the coin inserted in the register. After the coin has been inserted, the drawer is pushed inwardly and if pressure on the key 23 has been removed before the drawer itself is pushed back into casing 10, the drawer will in moving backwardly ride on the curved faces of the stops 13 thus movin these stops out of the way of the retracted rawer. After the drawer has passed the rear straight edge of the stops 13 the latter. will be forced into the locking position by means of the spring 29. g,

It will be understood that the plate 11 is common to all the indicatin plates 19, the latter being capable'of individually operating said plate.

What I claim is 1. In a toy cash register, the combination of a casing, a bracket supported therein, keys pivotally mounted on said bracket, indicating plates slidable in said casing and having slots through which portions of said keys pass, each of said indicating plates having a lhookhformed at its lower end, a rocking p ate avin its rear e e ro'ecti over the hooked ends of siifd ihdicatiiig plates, a drawer slidable under said rocking plate, stops on said rocking plate and engageable with said drawer to retain the latter in the casing, and means for protracting said drawer when released from said stops.

2. A toy cash register, comprising a casing a rocking plate mounted in said casing,

operative engagement with said keys and having hooked ends adapted to engage and tilt said rocking plate. y In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DAVID HEYMAN. Witnesses:

Cmmon FRANCE, O'rro MUNK. 

